Jamie Dimon Quotes
You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when you turn principles into ideology.
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I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity.
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My therapy has come from paying attention to my life.
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Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.
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I did theatre all my life and then went into the film world. I then kind of segued into TV land, which is a different experience.
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Painters must speak through paint, not through words.
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It is very difficult to be taken seriously when you're introduced at a party to somebody as the fourth Mrs. Rex Harrison.
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Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.
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I don't pay attention to auction prices. Nothing interests me less. One of the benefits of not being an artist is I don't have to navigate the social hierarchies of the art world as a person of desire. I don't need anything. I live in a different way.
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Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.
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The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war.
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I make pictures to tell a story, to tell lies, and to amuse.
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The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists.
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That is one of the coolest things about WWE and wrestling in general. The fans have this very unique voice and this very unique power, and in no other sport and no other form of entertainment can the fans make their voices heard and it effect change.
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There is no writer's block in a newsroom. There's only unemployment block.
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Certainly, R.E.M. grew out of the Wuxtry record store in Athens, where Peter Buck was working and Michael Stipe came in to visit. And even their later manager, Bertis Downs, they all met and congregated at that record store. So I'm sure we wouldn't see those without the record store.
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The highest expression of all morality is: Be!
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It was nothing that I think any one of us took on because it was a gig that was available. It was something that felt like a true passion and something that every single person brought much more than any of us could have expected. … I do honestly feel honored to be part of this group.
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New worlds are always hard on old ideas.
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The Ting Tings have been a huge hit in my family. I have two young daughters, and both of them love that record, so I pretty much have to listen to that ten times a day.
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It is noticeable how intuitively in age we go back with strange fondness to all that is fresh in the earliest dawn of youth. If we never cared for little children before, we delight to see them roll in the grass over which we hobble on crutches. The grandsire turns wearily from his middle-aged, careworn son, to listen with infant laugh to the prattle of an infant grandchild. It is the old who plant young trees; it is the old who are most saddened by the autumn; and feel most delight in the returning spring.
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Again, talent is the real import of being in the business.
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Knowledge and know-how are the real sources of value and riches. You can learn anything you need to learn to achieve any goal you can set for yourself.
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You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when you turn principles into ideology.
